Permafrost thawing 70 years ahead of projections

[theophilus]

7. We need to put particulates into the upper atmosphere to shade the poles.

That would be relatively doable and not too expensive, or so I've been told. Now the problem is that fine fellows like Mr. Putin don't want no stinkin' ice in the arctic. It gets in the way. So, until we pull our collective heads out of our collective asses we are traveling down the road to extinction. The older rich dudes think that they will be dead before the real shit hits the fan. They are probably wrong but what difference will it make? The vast majority of folks are just goofing around trying to survive. They certainly are not paying attention. We had a pretty good run.